The Labor enquirer., 1887-01-15
-ns so6o Assn.

Of ito fruits. Wnas u " EO 49,.
70 ords,n. they have named law; and
the laws have bssn for The most psrt
only measures Of private istersst. means
Of auensntIne and psspssuating The
domination and abuse Of the few over
the many"
On the elements Of tSue democracy hs
said 10 the wage worksm:
"You are the people. Know then
what is meant by this term. the people.
There are men who. groanInd under
the burthsns OF the day. inc ,sssntlv ex.
posed to the sun, 10 the rain, 10 the wind.
10 all the vicissitudes Of the seasons, cul
tivs,s the earth. deposit In its bosom
q portion Of their strength and their
life with the seed that 10 10 fructify. and
thus with the sweat Of their brows OBJ
tain the food necessary for all.
These men are Of the people.
"0tbers explore the forest, the quarry.
the mine. descending 10 immense depths
into the bowels Of the earth. that thes
may extract the materials iadis pensable e
to the trades. the arts. These, like the
FIRST, consume their life In hard labor
for the procurement Of those things
which all need.
These also are OF the people.
"Otners cast metals, fashion them. and
give them the forms that adapt them TO
q Thousand varied uses others work In
wood; others. spinning wool, Aax and
silk. manufacture different studs others
provide In the same manner for the diff.
ferent wants arising directly from nature
or from social life.
These are OF the people.
MANY amid continual perils cross the
seas. 10 transport from one country TO
another those things peculiar to each
or struggle against waves and tempests,
under the tropical Hres ss amid polar
ices. either to augment the common
mass OF subsistence. Or 10 draw from the
oce1n multitudes Of productions useful
10 man.
These also are Of the people.
"And who are thew who take up arms
for their country, defend her. give to her
their best yea rs. their labor and their
blood7 Who devote themselves for the
security OF others. that they may rest In
tranquil enjoyment Of their 6resides
Who are they. u tLey are not the chill.
dren Of the people?
"Some Of them also. through thou
sand obstacles, impelled and sustained
by genius. develop aud perfect the arts,
letters and the sciences, softening man
ners and civilizing nations; sdrround-
ing them with that transcepdent
splendor which Is called glory, and
forming one Of the most fruitful sources
Of the pnblic prosperity"
His remedy, Is decidedly Soci listic.
Summing up the evils Of society, he
searches for the causes.
whence comes evil In the material
orderP Ia II fiom the easy circum.
stances Of some No. but rather from
the destituti IN Of others from the fact
that BY virtue OF laws made BY the rich
for the exclusive benefit Of the rich. they
almost exclusively profit bv the labor
Of the poor, thus rendered poorer an
poorer. What then Is TO be- done We
must secure 10 labor an equitable ,por.
iion fits products; not bv despoiling
him who already possesses. but by ena-
bling the destitute TO acquire and enjoy
by the legitimate use OF their physical
and intellectual powers.
snow. how shall this be accomplished
by two means by the abolition of the
laws Of privilege and monopoly and by
the diffusion Of capital, when renders
the instruments Of labor accessible to ALL
"Enfranehise,i labor, master Of itself,
will become master Of the world for
labor Is the action Of Humanity. accom-
plishing the work which the Creator has
given IL in charge.
"Workingmen, take courage then; be
not wanting to yourselves, and God will
not be wanting to you. Each Of your
efforts will produce It's fruit. will be at
tended by an amelioration Of vour con.
dition, whence other and greater ameli
oratIons will spring. and from these vet
Others, until the time when the earth.
refreshed and regenerAted. shall be like
u field whose harvest Is peacefully gath
cred and shared by u family OF fbrothers.n -